1442 CXVII. EUPHOEBIACEiE. [Claoxyhn. 



8 to 4in. long on a petiole of lin. or more when full grown, but in the flowering 

 specimens smaller, penniveined with, more or less of a reddish -purple hue 

 underneath at least when dry. Flowers dicecious, the males in racemes of 1| 

 to 2in. on slender pedicels varying from ^ line to above 1 line, the females in 

 shorter racemes on thicker pedicels. Male perianth-segments 3, mem- 

 branous, reflexed, about 1 line long. Stamens 12 to 20, about as long as 

 the perianth, intermixed with globular glands. Female perianth divided to the 

 - middle into 3 valvate lobes. Disk with a broad thin almost petal-like broadly 

 lobed margin. Ovary glabrous. Styles short, united at the base in a deciduous 

 cone, spreading in the upper half. Capsule tridymous, nearly 3 lines diameter. — ■ 

 Mercurialis tenerifoUa, Baill. Adans. vi. 823. 



Hab.: Rockhampton, Dallachy, O'Shanesy ; Broadsound and Cleveland Bay, Bowman. 



8. C. australe (southern), Balll. Etud. Euph. 493; Eenth. Fl. Aiistr. yi. 

 130. A tall shrub or straggling tree of 25 to 30ft., the young shoots sparingly 

 the infloresSeuce more copiously pubescent, or rarely quite glabrous. Leaves 

 oblong, broad or narrow, more rarely ovate, obtuse, or rarely shortly acuminate, 

 dentate, tapering at the base, 3 to 6in. long, on a petiole of from ^ to lin., rather 

 firm when full grown, green on both sides or rarely reddish-purple underneath, 

 the basal glands very variable. Flowers dioecious, the male racemes 2 to 8in. 

 long, the females much shorter, the pedicels very short. Male perianth-segments 

 3, about lin. long. . Stamens usually above 20, about as long as the perianth, 

 intermixed with short ovate glabrous glands. Female perianth rather thicker 

 and less deeply divided. Disk with a broad free ciliate margin. Ovary more or 

 less pubescent. Styles distinct, at first very short and thick, at length spreading 

 and about | line long. Capsule nearly 3 lines diameter, usually pubescent. — 

 Muell. Avg". in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 738 ; F. v. M. Fragm. iv. 142 ; Meycnrialis 

 australifi, Baill. Adans. vi. 322. 



Hab.; Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, A. Gitnnin(piam, Frazer, F. v. Mueller; Port Bowen, 

 A. Onnningham ; Wide Bay, Leichhardt .' (specimens very bad). 



Wood of a light-yellow colour, bard and close-grained ; useful tor cabinet work. — Bailey's 

 Cat. Ql. n'oods, Xo. 375. 



Var. latifolia. Leaves large and broad. — Rockhampton, O'Shanesy. 



Var. laxiflora. Leaves long and narrow. Racemes longer and looser with longer pedicels 

 tlian usual. — Southern, near border of N.S. Wales. 



4. C. Hillii (after Walter Hill), Benth. Fl. Amtr. vi. 181. A tree of 20 to 

 80ft., the young shoots and inflorescence pubescent, the adult foliage glabrous, 

 and often assuming a purplish hue. Leaves ovate, shortly acuminate, dentate, 

 6 to Sin. long and 3 to 4in. broad on petioles of 1 to 2in. Flowers dicecious. 

 Eacemes in the upper axils of the previous year's wood or at the base of young 

 shoots, the males 2 to 4in. long, the flowers 3 to 5 together in distinct 

 clusters, on very short pedicels. Perianth villous, of 8 valvate segments. 

 Stamens 12 to 20, the intermediate glands ciliate-hairy. Female racemes 

 under 2in. long, the flowers not numerous, solitary within the bracts, on 

 pedicels of about 1 line. Perianth of 3 short broad segments. Disk of 3 

 broad distinct segments (or petals ?) alternating with the perianth-lobes and 

 shorter than them. Ovary densely. pubescent. Styles distinct, spreading, acute, 

 less than i line long. Capsule tridymous, at length nearly glabrous, scarcelv 

 3 lines diameter. Seeds globular, reticulate-rugose, about 1 line diameter 

 without any caruncles. 



Hab.: Bellenden Ker Range, Bailey; Cape York, M'GiHivray, Daemel ; Albiiny Island W 

 Hill; B.ookingh&mBaj, Dallacliy. ' 



Wood close-grained, and of a uniform yellow colour. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods, No, 375a.- 



